Wynona Wang, piano

Praised for her dazzling virtuosity, pianist Wynona Wang was a First Prize winner of the 2018 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and the 2017 Wideman International Piano Competition in Louisiana. In addition she has received the 2019 “Charlotte White” Career Grant awarded by the Salon de Virtuosi in New York City, and the Juilliard School’s 2022 Arthur Rubinstein Prize which is awarded annually to the institution’s most promising pianist.

The 2022-23 season will see Wynona make appearances at the La Jolla SummerFest, the Metropolitan Museum of Art with The Orchestra Now, and a debut on the New York Philharmonic’s ‘Artist Spotlight’ series alongside cellist Sterling Elliott. An active performer in China, Europe and the United States, Wynona’s recent performances include appearances with the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, DuPage Symphony, and such major festivals as PianoTexas, Morningside Music Bridge in Calgary, Canada, the International Keyboard Institute & Festival in New York City, and the Chautauqua Institution. Internationally, Wynona has been a featured soloist with the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine, and the Romanian Mihail Jora Philharmonic Orchestra in Italy. She has also given numerous solo piano recitals in China including cities such as Beijing, Qingdao, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Kunming, Ningbo, and Dalia as well as in Madrid, Spain and Jakarta, Indonesia.

Born in Beijing, Wynona began playing piano at age 4, and went on to study at both the Music Elementary and Secondary schools at the prestigious Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) in Beijing. She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Juilliard School and a Performer’s Diploma from Southern Methodist University. She currently resides in New York City where she is a fixture in the classical music performing scene.